BlogHide Resteemsgardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoYellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus) - Birds of the Guyanas 27The Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is an inconspicuous small bird that lives in humid lowlands in most of northern South America and Panama. I saw it for the first time last weekend and I was lucky that…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoBlack-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) - Birds of the Guyanas 26 - and a Squirrel MonkeyThe female Black-throated Mango strongly resembles a female Green-throated Mango and both of them look very similar to the juvenile male Green-throated Mango. It can be very tricky identifying these…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoGreen-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) - Birds of the Guyanas 25The Green-tailed Jacamar is the most common Jacamar in Suriname. This beautiful coloured bird can be found at forest edges where it hunts for insects. With its long bill it can also catch…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoSmooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) - Birds of the Guyanas 24The Smooth-billed Ani is an extremely social bird that lives in small family groups. You see them often eating together but they also build their nests together and the females incubate each others…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoSnail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) - Birds of the Guyanas 23It's obvious why the Snail Kite is called a snail kite. It's a specialised snail eater; a molluscivore. Its main diet consists of large apple snails and there are plenty of those in the canals…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoBlue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) - Birds of the Guyanas 22The Blue-grey Tanager is a very common blue bird that can be seen in almost every garden in Suriname. They live in small groups in open terrain or at the forest edge. You'll find them less in the…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoGreen-throated Mango (Anthracothorax viridigula) - Birds of the Guyanas 21This beautiful hummingbird, the Green-throated Mango, is relatively uncommon. I haven't seen it much this year, but last year around the same time, I saw it almost daily. It was then that I spend…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoGreyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) - Birds of the Guyanas 20The Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) sometimes visits our garden looking for fruit to eat but normally it prefers the open country and fields in the coastal area. It not only eats fruit but…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoPiratic Flycatcher - Birds of the Guyanas 19The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a conspicuous bird with a very distinctive song that sometimes can be heard the whole day long. I haven't seen this little fellow for a while but last…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoYellow Oriole - Birds of the Guyanas 18This stunningly beautiful bird is the Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis). And although it's almost completely yellow, it is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae). It's a frequent visitor in…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoLesser Yellow-headed Vulture - Birds of the Guyanas 17The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) is one of the five vulture species in Suriname. It greatly resembles the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture but it's smaller, more brown and…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoBlack-capped Donacobius - Birds of the Guyanas 16The Black-capped Donacobius is a conspicuous bird that can be found in wet places like marshes, mainly along the coastline. They like to be in or on top of dense vegetation, usually quite close to…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoGreen-rumped Parrotlet - Birds of the Guyanas 15The Green-rumped Parrotlet is the smallest of all 25 parrots and macaws in Suriname. They mainly live in the fields where they eat seeds, fruits and flowers. They are not so affected by the…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoRufescent Tiger-Heron - Birds of the Guyanas 14This stunningly beautiful bird is the Rufescent Tiger-Heron. Since we've entered the dry season some of the surrounding fields have become more accessible again. Yesterday I was going down a path…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoOne week of bird(watch)ing - 6 FTE birds spottedArrowhead Piculet (Picumnus minutissimus) Last week was a fantastic week for birding. I spotted 6 birds for the first time ever (FTE). Not that these birds are rare, but sometimes you just have…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoSpotted Tody-flycatcher - Birds of the Guyanas 13The Spotted Tody-flycatcher visited our garden yesterday morning for the first time. I've seen this small bird (9-10cm) only a couple of times before. It was looking for insects to eat, hopping…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoTropical Kingbird - Birds of the Guyanas 12The Tropical Kingbird is one of the most common and conspicuous birds of Suriname. It's a real flycatcher and it catches flying insects from a perch. It can be found in open forest, forest edges…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoGreater Ani - Birds of the Guyanas 11The Greater Ani is a very social bird in the cuckoo family. They nest in small groups, building a single nest in which all the females lay their eggs. All the member of the group participate in…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoArrowhead Piculet - Birds of the Guyanas 10Being relatively new to birding has its advantages: there are a lot of 'first time ever' birds. So it is with the Arrowhead Piculet. Yesterday evening it landed in my garden in the butterfly bush…gardenbsquared (59)in birding • 6 years agoBlue-black Grassquit - Birds of the Guyanas 9The Blue-black Grassquit is a common visitor in our garden. This small bird (10 cm) in the tanager family can be found in the fields and along the canals where there are high grasses. The male is…
